dihedral group
noun Mathematics.
the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n-sided polygon.
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Nearby words
- digressive,
- digressively,
- digs,
- dihedral,
- dihedral angle,
- dihedron,
- diheterozygote,
- dihua,
- dihybrid,
- dihydrate
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